US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in Washington

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$79,683typical hospital bill
$20,725typical amount paid
$18,721–$29,908range paid across 8 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $79,683 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles11$32,991$18,721
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma13$86,493$19,567
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland16$92,744$20,004
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane13$56,115$20,291
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma12$73,059$21,158
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle27$81,047$22,189
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia13$78,318$24,222
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle15$147,596$29,908

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.